Key: E
Introduction:
A#
Protecting you
Dm
Protecting me
A# Dm A4 A7
I throw the evidence into a trunk and drop it in the sea
A#
Lie awake
Dm
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I sleep with one eye on the bedroom door,
A4 A7
The other on the cake
A#
Protecting me
Dm
Protecting you
A# Dm A4 A7
Carving away our fingerprints out of our fingertips until they're smooth
F
Lie awake
A7
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I sleep with one eye on my royal flush
A4
The other on the take
A7
I sleep awake
Verse
A#
Protecting this
Dm
Protecting that
A# Dm A4
Calling a deadbeat with his dead boat wrapped around his artifact
A7
Protecting that
A#
Lie awake
Dm
I sleep awake
A# Dm A4 A7
I sleep with one hand on my 45, the other 'round my baby's waist
F
Lie awake
A7
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I go to bed with all my lights turned on
A4
So I don't slip away
A7
I stay awake
A# Dm
Out on the street I keep a started car
A4 A7
Who only waits for me, conveniently
A#
Breakdown
FA Dm A#(repeat)
F A
Lie awake
Dm A#
I sleep awake
F A
Lie awake
Dm A#
I sleep awake
F A Dm A#
Ahhh...ahhh...
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